Final Amended Groundwater Sustainability Plan (GSP) Kern River Groundwater Sustainability Agency (KRGSA) Plan Area

Kern River Groundwater Sustainability Agency (KRGSA) | July 22nd, 2022

In January 2020, the Kern River Groundwater Sustainability Agency (KRGSA) submitted the original KRGSA Groundwater Sustainability Plan (GSP) to the Department of Water Re

In January 2020, the Kern River Groundwater Sustainability Agency (KRGSA) submitted the original KRGSA Groundwater Sustainability Plan (GSP) to the Department of Water Resources (DWR) in compliance with the Sustainable Groundwater Management Act (SGMA). The KRGSA GSP was one of five GSPs that were submitted through a Coordination Agreement to collectively cover the entire Kern County Subbasin. In January 2022, DWR sent a letter to the Kern County Subbasin GSAs that provided an evaluation of the Subbasin GPSs and determined that the GSPs were collectively “incomplete” in meeting all SGMA requirements (Determination Letter). DWR noted three separate deficiencies in the collective GSPs and provided Corrective Actions to address the deficiencies. This Amended KRGSA GSP has been prepared to supplement the original 2020 KRGSA GSP in response to DWR comments. Amended sections are incorporated into the original KRGSA GSP to produce one complete document. Due to size, this file has been divided. Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4, Part 5, Part 6, Part 7

Final Environmental Impact Report Volume II: Revised Draft EIR Comprehensive Groundwater Cleanup Strategy for Historical Chromium Discharges from PG&E’s Hinkley Compressor Station, San Bernardino County

California State Water Resources Control Board (SWRCB) | April 20th, 2013

Click here for Volume I.

Click here for Volume I.

Final Groundwater Assessment Study: A Status Report on the Use of Groundwater in the Service Area of the Metropolitan Water District of Southern California

Metropolitan Water District of Southern California (MWD) | September 3rd, 2007

Final Groundwater Sustainability Plan for the Yucaipa Groundwater Subbasin

San Bernardino Valley Municipal Water District | January 27th, 2022

The Yucaipa Groundwater Sustainability Agency (GSA), acting as the GSA for the Yucaipa Subbasin (Plan Area, Subbasin), developed this Groundwater Sustainability Plan (GS

The Yucaipa Groundwater Sustainability Agency (GSA), acting as the GSA for the Yucaipa Subbasin (Plan Area, Subbasin), developed this Groundwater Sustainability Plan (GSP) in compliance with the 2014 Sustainable Groundwater Management Act (SGMA) and the California Department of Water Resources (DWR) GSP Regulations. The Yucaipa Subbasin lies within the Upper Santa Ana River Basin Hydrologic Region (DWR Basin Number 8-002.07) and underlies an area of approximately 25,300 acres under portions of the cities of Calimesa, Redlands, and Yucaipa, as well as unincorporated San Bernardino and Riverside Counties. DWR designated the Yucaipa Subbasin a high priority basin based primarily on its reliance on groundwater for water supply. However, this Subbasin is not in a state of critical overdraft. Under SGMA, GSAs “have the responsibility for adopting a Plan that defines the basin setting and establishes criteria that will maintain or achieve sustainable groundwater management.” The requirement of the GSP is to maintain or achieve sustainable groundwater management in the Yucaipa Subbasin by 2042. Due to size, this file has been divided. Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4, Part 5, Part 6

Final Mojave Region Integrated Regional Water Management Plan

Mojave Water Agency (MWA) | June 1st, 2014

Final Sensitive Beneficial Use Literature Review (Task 3.1.1)

Central Valley Salinity Alternatives for Long-Term Sustainability (CV-Salts) | May 16th, 2023

Final Urban Water Management Plan Goleta Water District

Goleta Water District (GWD) | December 20th, 2005

First annual report of the Mojave Basin Area Watermaster 1993-1994

Mojave Basin Area Watermaster | February 28th, 1995

First Supplement to Bulletin No. 11, San Joaquin County Investigation, Basic Data, Calaveras and Littlejohns Units, 1953-1955

California State Water Resources Control Board (SWRCB) | June 30th, 1955

Fish & Wildlife Groundwater Planning Considerations

California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW) | June 6th, 2019

In 2014, California passed the Sustainable Groundwater Management Act (SGMA) (AB1739, SB 1168, SB 1319), authorizing local groundwater sustainability agencies (GSAs) to d

In 2014, California passed the Sustainable Groundwater Management Act (SGMA) (AB1739, SB 1168, SB 1319), authorizing local groundwater sustainability agencies (GSAs) to develop groundwater sustainability plans (GSPs) for a subset of California’s alluvial aquifers. To comply with SGMA, GSAs must achieve sustainable groundwater management, defined by SGMA as the avoidance of locally-defined undesirable results. To achieve sustainability, GSAs must develop and implement effective groundwater management plans that consider the interests of all beneficial uses and users of groundwater, including environmental users of groundwater. [Water Code § 10723.2.] In many groundwater basins, fish and wildlife that rely on groundwater are among these beneficial uses and users. Many sensitive species and habitats comprise groundwater dependent ecosystems (GDEs), which are natural communities that rely on groundwater to sustain all or a portion of their water needs. The unsustainable use of groundwater can impact the shallow aquifers and interconnected surface waters on which GDEs depend and may lead to adverse impacts on fish and wildlife. As trustee for California’s fish and wildlife resources, CDFW intends to engage as a stakeholder in groundwater planning processes (where resources are available) to represent the groundwater needs of GDEs and fish and wildlife beneficial uses and users of groundwater. The information provided here is intended to help local groundwater planners, groundwater planning proponents and consultants, and CDFW staff work together to consider the needs of fish and wildlife when developing groundwater management plans and implementing SGMA. The document includes three categories of groundwater planning considerations: Scientific Considerations Management Considerations; and Legal, Regulatory, and Policy Considerations. Links to additional guidance and considerations developed by CDFW and other organizations that address the impacts of groundwater pumping on GDEs and depletion of interconnected surface water can be found at the end of this document. Except to the extent that this document directly references existing statutory or regulatory requirements, use of these groundwater planning considerations is not mandated under law and should not be interpreted as a rule, regulation, order, or standard for local groundwater plans. Practical application of these considerations must be based on the best available information and groundwater basin-specific conditions.